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Addressing editors during the meeting, NSSD technical committee member Kekgaoditse Suping said the development of the NSS marks a shift from past approaches that viewed national security as the sole responsibility of state security agencies. He said...

Topping the list as the crime of the year was the death of former Minister of Health, Lelatisitswe Sethomo. His death marked a record moment in Botswana’s history as possibly the first suicide involving a former Cabinet minister. At the time of his...

President Duma Boko challenged the latest cohort of the Botswana Police Service (BPS) whilst officiating their 2025 BPS passout parade that was held at the Police College in Otse recently. Then, 873 trainees, with 845 of them being former special...

They joined 28 new police recruits, bringing the number to 873 trainees who graduated on Friday in a ceremony officiated by President Advocate Duma Boko at an event attended by ministers and other senior government officials. Addressing the...

The incident came to light after a 46-year-old man, who resides in the same compound as the teenager, reportedly heard a baby crying from inside the pit latrine and immediately alerted the police.Confirming the incident, Mogoditshane Police Station...

The accident was reported at 12:05am in Gabane, Botswana Police said. The man, who was driving a Honda sedan and travelling alone, was heading towards Gaborone from Gabane when the incident occurred.Mogoditshane Police Station commander,...

Rakops Police Station commander, Superintendent Joel Machete, said police received a report of the stabbing at around 2am on Sunday. The victim, a 28-year-old woman, was rushed to Letsholathebe Memorial Hospital, where she remains hospitalised in a...

She was discovered dead on Monday morning, with her body already decomposed.Superintendent Mothusi Phadi, the commander of Tshesebe police station, said the woman is believed to have died several days earlier.“Judging by the state of the body, we...

Tshesebe police station commander, Superintendent Mothusi Phadi, said they frequently arrest Zimbabwean nationals who illegally enter Botswana through ungazetted points of entry. He noted that the suspects often cross into the country to buy goods...

Many say they are ageing in their parents’ homes, raising their own families in already overcrowded homesteads and watching their hopes of attaining residential plots repeatedly deferred by the State.In Borolong, Mathangwane and Shashemooke...

The Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs, Lesego Chombo, on Wednesday outlined progress on amongst others the development of the country’s first dedicated GBV legislation. Addressing Parliament shortly after the conclusion of the national...

The latest data show upward movement in Grades A to C, while Grades D and E have remained largely unchanged.According to BEC, the percentage of candidates obtaining Grade E or better reached 99.90%, a slight increase from 99.80% last year. Only 13...

Mogoditshane police conducted the operation this week, leading to the discovery of 40 small sachets and 12 medium sachets containing suspected dagga, collectively estimated to weigh around 300 grammes.Mogoditshane Police Station Commander Mbiganyi...

This comes just two weeks after a 22-year-old woman was attacked and raped whilst walking home from an entertainment spot in the area.The latest attack occurred last Saturday night in the Maulani ward. The victim and her two friends were walking to a...

The discovery was made by a passerby who immediately alerted the police. Mogoditshane Police Station commander, Superintendent Mbiganyi Letsholathebe, confirmed that investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances leading to the man's...